Is this a barrier blastia, too?
It's not activated, but...

Even if it's not working, maybe they
want to leave it here as a symbol
of protection for the city?

...I think I figured it out.

Oh? What did you figure out?

Why I like blastia, that is.

For me, blastia are like
my brothers and sisters.

Your brothers and sisters...?

I didn't have a father while I was growing up,
and my mother died when I was young, too.

But blastia were always with me,
even when no one else was.

So that's what you mean by brothers
and sisters...that makes sense.

And my knowledge of blastia
developed and grew as I did.

Maybe that's why I always felt
so close to them, and why I got
so mad when they were broken.

...

...But I'll have to be saying goodbye
to all of those blastia soon...

Brothers and sisters...can't be together
with you forever. Someday, you have
to leave them behind and move on.

Someday, you say...?

When you find someone who's even more important to you.

But just because you're separated from them,
that doesn't mean that the important link
you had with them is broken.

...Maybe you're right...

And just because you're apart...

That doesn't mean that you have to forget how
important they are, or how much you love them.

Estelle... Judith...

And Rita, you've found a lot
of people who care about you
very much. Isn't that right?

Hmm... You've still got a long
way to go before you're as
good as the blastia.

A long way to go?

Apparently so.

You're terrible, Rita!

This is how ya repay my love? You shrew!

You're so annoying! And you're
the worst of all, old man!

...Maybe someday Rita will
learn how to take affection
gracefully...

I don't think it's so bad. I mean, I think
that's one of her cutest traits!